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e. Revisions and adjustments will be
made to the presentation/layout/content
of employment and payroll questions to
streamline and improve the flow.
C. Revisions to Item 5: Sales,
Shipments, Receipts, or Revenue:
Remove Item 5B, market value of
products shipped to other domestic
plants of the company for further
assembly, fabrication, or manufacture.
This question is poorly reported and not
utilized by data users.
D. Revisions Related to Integrating
Annual Surveys:
The Census Bureau is undertaking an
initiative to integrate and re-engineer
select annual programs. Programs
include the Annual Survey of
Manufactures (ASM), Annual Retail
Trade Survey (ARTS), Annual
Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS),
Service Annual Survey (SAS), Annual
Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES),
Manufacturing Shipments Inventories
and Unfilled Orders (M3UFO), and
Company Organization Survey (COS).
Efforts include coordinating collection
strategies/instruments/communication;
integrating, changing or revising
content; ensuring content is relevant;
coordinating samples; and improving
frame and coordinating status updates
across annual surveys.
The initiative to integrate and reengineer select annual programs is
scheduled to begin implementation in
survey year 2023. The goal is to shift
select annual programs from individual
independent surveys to a streamlined
integrated annual program. The new
annual program will move from
industry focused, individual surveys to
requesting a more holistic view of the
companies. Prior to survey year 2023,
we plan to begin to align our annual
programs and improve efficiencies
across programs in targeted areas related
to consistent content, processes, and
systems. The initiative is in response to
data user needs (timely, granular,
harmonized data), and declining
response rates.
To this extent, the ASM is currently
doing research to add the M3UFO
(unfilled orders) questions to the ASM
for Survey Year 2021. A combination of
phone and in-person cognitive
interviews with up to 40 respondents,
over two rounds will begin in October
2020 and will likely conclude by March
2021. If it is determined that
respondents are able to provide unfilled
orders data at the establishment level,
the Census Bureau plans to move the
unfilled orders content to the ASM. By
collecting this content on the ASM, we
would eliminate the M3UFO survey.
This survey is an integral part of the
government’s statistical program. Its
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results provide a factual background for
decision making by the executive and
legislative branches of the Federal
Government. Federal agencies use the
annual survey’s input and output data
as benchmarks for their statistical
programs, including the Federal Reserve
Board’s Index of Industrial Production
and the Bureau of Economic Analysis’
(BEA) estimates of the gross domestic
product. The data also provide the
Department of Energy with primary
information on the use of energy by the
manufacturing sector to produce
manufactured products. These data also
are used as benchmark data for the
Manufacturing Energy Consumption
Survey, which is conducted for the
Department of Energy by the Census
Bureau. Within the Census Bureau, the
ASM data are used to benchmark and
reconcile monthly and quarterly data on
manufacturing production and
inventories. The ASM is the only source
of complete establishment statistics for
the programs mentioned above.
The ASM furnishes up-to-date
estimates of employment, payroll,
hours, wages of production workers,
value added by manufacture, cost of
materials, value of shipments by NAPCS
product code, inventories, cost of
employer’s fringe benefits, operating
expenses, and expenditures for new and
used plant and equipment. The survey
provides data for most of these items at
the two- through six-digit NAICS levels.
The ASM also provides geographic data
by state at a more aggregated industry
level.
The survey also provides valuable
information to private companies,
research organizations, and trade
associations. Industry makes extensive
use of the annual figures on NAPCS
product shipments at the U.S. level in
its market analysis, product planning,
and investment planning. State
development/planning agencies rely on
the survey as a major source of
comprehensive economic data for
policymaking, planning, and
administration.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, Sections 131 and 182;
Sections 224 and 225 make reporting for
this survey mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
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by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0607–0449.
Sheleen Dumas,
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the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Board of Overseers of the Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
The Board of Overseers of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award (Board) will meet in open
session on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
The purpose of this meeting is to review
and discuss the work of the private
sector contractor, which assists the
Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) in
administering the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award (Award), and
information received from NIST and
from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award in order to make such
suggestions for the improvement of the
Award process as the Board deems
necessary. Details on the agenda are
noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from 11:00
a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern
time. The meeting will be open to the
public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
virtually using WebEx. Please note
admittance instructions under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program,
National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899–1020, telephone number (301)
SUMMARY:
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975–2361, or by email at
robert.fangmeyer@nist.gov.
Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is
hereby given that the Board will meet in
open session on Tuesday, December 8,
2020, from 11:00 a.m. Eastern time until
4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board is
currently composed of eleven members
selected for their preeminence in the
field of organizational performance
excellence and appointed by the
Secretary of Commerce. The Board
consists of a balanced representation
from U.S. service, manufacturing, small
business, nonprofit, education, and
health care industries. The Board
includes members familiar with the
quality, performance improvement
operations, and competitiveness issues
of manufacturing companies, service
companies, small businesses,
nonprofits, health care providers, and
educational institutions. The purpose of
this meeting is to review and discuss the
work of the private sector contractor,
which assists the NIST Director in
administering the Award, and
information received from NIST and
from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award in order to make such
suggestions for the improvement of the
Award process as the Board deems
necessary. The Board shall make an
annual report on the results of Award
activities to the Director of NIST, along
with its recommendations for the
improvement of the Award process. The
agenda will include: Report from the
Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award, Baldrige
Program Business Plan Status Report,
Baldrige Foundation Fundraising
Update, Products and Services Update,
and Recommendations for the NIST
Director. The agenda may change to
accommodate Board business. The final
agenda will be posted on the NIST
Baldrige Performance Excellence
website at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/
community/overseers.cfm. The meeting
will be open to the public.
Individuals and representatives of
organizations who would like to offer
comments and suggestions related to the
Board’s affairs are invited to request a
place on the agenda. On December 8,
2020, approximately one-half hour will
be reserved in the afternoon for public
comments and speaking times will be
assigned on a first-come, first-served
basis. The amount of time per speaker
will be determined by the number of
requests received, but is likely to be
about 3 minutes each. The exact time for
public comments will be included in
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the final agenda that will be posted on
the Baldrige website at https://
www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/
overseers.cfm. Questions from the
public will not be considered during
this period. Speakers who wish to
expand upon their oral statements,
those who had wished to speak, but
could not be accommodated on the
agenda, and those who were unable to
attend are invited to submit written
statements to the Baldrige Performance
Excellence Program, NIST, 100 Bureau
Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20899–1020, via fax at 301–
975–4967 or electronically by email to
robyn.verner@nist.gov.
All participants will be attending via
webinar. Please contact Ms. Verner by
email at robyn.verner@nist.gov for
detailed instructions on how to join the
webinar. All requests must be received
by 12/07/2020.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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National Institute of Standards and
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Request for Participation on Technical
Language Processing Community of
Interest
National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Systems Integration
Division of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) is
forming a community of interest (COI)
to develop best practices guidelines on
how to tailor Natural Language
Processing (NLP) tools to engineering
text-based data: Technical language
processing (TLP). Developed guidelines
will be technology and vendor agnostic
and will address the current needs of
industry to have independent guidelines
based on user requirements and
measurement science research. The TLP
COI wants to advance research and
development initiatives to advance TLP
smart manufacturing and other
industrial applications. The TLP COI is
seeking members from government,
industry, and academia to create a better
synergy between end users, the research
community, and solution providers to
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reduce complexity, cost, and delay of
adoption of TLP solutions.
DATES: Intention to participate must be
received by May 17, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Intention to participate may
be submitted by sending an email to
Michael Brundage, Project Leader,
Engineering Laboratory, NIST. The
email address to participate is tlp-coi@
nist.gov. Please provide your full name,
email address, phone number, company,
and position in the company in your
intent to participate email.
The COI will meet quarterly via web
conference and in-person meetings.
Further instructions will be provided on
https://nist.gov/el/tlp-coi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Michael
Brundage, Project Leader, Engineering
Laboratory, NIST by email at tlp-coi@
nist.gov or contact Jo-Anne Fung-A-Fat
by phone at (301) 975–3508.
Please direct media inquiries to
NIST’s Public Affairs Office at 301–975–
2762.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The TLP
COI will bring together interested
participants to discuss ongoing and
future directions for text analysis of
technical data. This group will meet
quarterly with a mixture of in-person
and virtual meetings. Meetings will be
a mixture of working meetings and
information sessions. Information on
meeting times and formats will be
posted on https://www.nist.gov/el/tlpcoi. The output from this group will
influence guidelines and roadmap
documents to improve adoption of TLP
solutions.
The Systems Integration Division of
the National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) is forming a
community of interest (COI) to develop
best practices guidelines on how to
tailor Natural Language Processing
(NLP) tools to engineering text-based
data: Technical language processing
(TLP). Developed guidelines will be
technology and vendor agnostic and
will address the current needs of
industry to have independent guidelines
based on user requirements and
measurement science research.
The TLP COI wants to advance
research and development initiatives to
advance TLP smart manufacturing and
other industrial applications. The
following list defines the scope of the
TLP COI’s focus:
• Education: Highlighting results to
the community from research and
scientific discoveries of natural
language processing and technical
language processing and added value to
industrial applications.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award (Board) will meet in open session on Tuesday, December 8,
2020. The purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work of
the private sector contractor, which assists the Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in administering
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (Award), and information
received from NIST and from the Chair of the Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in order to make such
suggestions for the improvement of the Award process as the Board deems
necessary. Details on the agenda are noted in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from
11:00 a.m. Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting will
be open to the public.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually using WebEx. Please note
admittance instructions under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Fangmeyer, Director, Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020, Gaithersburg, Maryland
20899-1020, telephone number (301)
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975-2361, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is hereby given that the Board
will meet in open session on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from 11:00 a.m.
Eastern time until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Board is currently
composed of eleven members selected for their preeminence in the field
of organizational performance excellence and appointed by the Secretary
of Commerce. The Board consists of a balanced representation from U.S.
service, manufacturing, small business, nonprofit, education, and
health care industries. The Board includes members familiar with the
quality, performance improvement operations, and competitiveness issues
of manufacturing companies, service companies, small businesses,
nonprofits, health care providers, and educational institutions. The
purpose of this meeting is to review and discuss the work of the
private sector contractor, which assists the NIST Director in
administering the Award, and information received from NIST and from
the Chair of the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality
Award in order to make such suggestions for the improvement of the
Award process as the Board deems necessary. The Board shall make an
annual report on the results of Award activities to the Director of
NIST, along with its recommendations for the improvement of the Award
process. The agenda will include: Report from the Judges Panel of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Baldrige Program Business Plan
Status Report, Baldrige Foundation Fundraising Update, Products and
Services Update, and Recommendations for the NIST Director. The agenda
may change to accommodate Board business. The final agenda will be
posted on the NIST Baldrige Performance Excellence website at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. The meeting will be open
to the public.
Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to
offer comments and suggestions related to the Board's affairs are
invited to request a place on the agenda. On December 8, 2020,
approximately one-half hour will be reserved in the afternoon for
public comments and speaking times will be assigned on a first-come,
first-served basis. The amount of time per speaker will be determined
by the number of requests received, but is likely to be about 3 minutes
each. The exact time for public comments will be included in the final
agenda that will be posted on the Baldrige website at https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/community/overseers.cfm. Questions from the
public will not be considered during this period. Speakers who wish to
expand upon their oral statements, those who had wished to speak, but
could not be accommodated on the agenda, and those who were unable to
attend are invited to submit written statements to the Baldrige
Performance Excellence Program, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1020,
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-1020, via fax at 301-975-4967 or
electronically by email to [email protected].
All participants will be attending via webinar. Please contact Ms.
Verner by email at [email protected] for detailed instructions on
how to join the webinar. All requests must be received by 12/07/2020.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3711a(d)(2)(B) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Kevin Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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